The War Song

Album: Waking Up with the House On Fire (1984)
Charted: 2 17
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  • War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And love means nothing in some strange quarters
    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
    War

    People fill the world with narrow confidence
    Like a child at birth, a man with no defence
    What's mine's my own, I won't give it to you
    No matter what you say, no matter what you do

    Now we're fighting in our hearts
    Fighting in the streets
    Won't somebody help me?

    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And love means nothing in some strange quarters
    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
    War

    Man is far behind in the search of something new
    Like a philistine, we're burning witches too
    This world of hate must be designed for you
    It matters what you say, it matters what you do

    Now we're fighting in our hearts
    Fighting in the streets
    Won't somebody help me?

    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And love means nothing in some strange quarters
    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers
    War, war war

    After the bird has flown
    He walked ten thousand miles back home
    You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me
    You can't do that to me, no, you can't do that to me

    War, war

    In this heart of mine, I'll find a place for you
    For black or white, for grown-up children too

    Now we're fighting in our hearts
    Fighting in the streets
    Won't somebody help me?

    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And love means nothing in some strange quarters
    War, war is stupid and people are stupid
    And I heard them banging on hearts and fingers

    No more war
    Say no more war
    Say war
    I said woah, said no more war, said no more war, said woah
    Said no more war, I said no more war
    Senso hant-ai
    Senso hant-ai
    Say no more war
    Say no more, no more war, said no more war
    Said no more war, said no more war, oh Writer/s: George O'Dowd, Jonathan Moss, Michael Craig, Roy Ernest Hay
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Celine from Shepparton , AustraliaI LOVE THE WAR SONG!!

    Especially the chrous Senso hantai love that bit
  • Eugene from Minneapolis, MnYou know when my sister and I were young, she used to make a parody songs and this was one of them. It was directed towards me. Instead of "War war is stupid and people are stupid" it was changed to my name. I look back and I smile each time that I hear this record, it's hilarious.
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